Reducing Vessel Detentions

“The key to overseeing safety, security, and environmental compliance on ships is ensuring that the crew on board understands that looking after those safety...

Port City Ship Inspection Leads to Big Fine

A pair of Greek shipping companies have been fined $2.7 million after federal officials found one of their cargo vessels had been polluting the...

Shipwreck and Tragedy in Cornwall

Tale of Shipwreck and Tragedy in Cornwall From 200 Years Ago Reads Like a Storyline From Poldark From 200 years ago comes a real-life story...

Bunker Fuel Market Development & Demand Forecast to 2020

The bunker fuel market is growing due to the growing demands of fuel for tanker vessels and container ships.  Large bunkering ports around the...

Market Potentials and Market Barriers for Wind Propulsion Technologies for Ships

Study On The Analysis Of Market Potentials And Market Barriers For Wind Propulsion Technologies For Ships This study, commissioned by DG Climate Action, focuses on...

2017 Begins on a High Note for Container Ships

It seems that the demolition market picked up where it left off in 2016, but with a positive twist, in the fact that, as...

Singapore Smashes Annual Bunker Sales Record with 48.6 Million MT Sold...

Singapore has set a new annual bunker sales record of 48,614,500 metric tonnes (mt) sold for all products, the latest preliminary data from the...

Ship Channel Hit by Fire in Pipeline at Oil Terminal

According to reports, one person was injured when an out-of-service pipeline at a storage facility along the Houston Ship Channel caught fire. What happened? An out-of-service...

Ship Sets New Record as Youngest Boxship Heading for Scrap

A new unfortunate record has been set in container shipping with news that the seven-year-old Panamax Hammonia Grenada has been sent for scrap. What...

IMO Chief Opposes Including Shipping in EU Emissions Trading

IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim has written to senior European officials expressing his concern that including shipping in the European Union’s Emission Trading System (EU-ETS)...

Transport Canada Approves ACO Marine Sewage Treatment Units for Use on...

ACO Marine has received Transport Canada type-approval for its advanced Maripur NF and Clarimar MF wastewater management systems. “We are delighted to have received approval...

Seagull Training App v2.0 Enriched for Ease of Use

Seagull Maritime has significantly upgraded the Seagull Training App, the mobile software solution that has revolutionised the way seafarers track their training records and...

Fire Breaks Out on Ship Off Whyalla Coast

Fire has broken out on board a ship off the coast of Whyalla. Thick black smoke can be seen from the town. It is believed there are...

Flying Cloud Shipwreck Found After 147 Years Under the Sea

Flying Cloud Shipwreck Found Off South Australian Coast, After 147 Years Under the Sea After 147 years buried at the bottom of the ocean, the...

[Watch] Panic as Huge Container Ship Shaves Tarabya Coast

The close encounter of the ship sparked alarm among locals, caught on camera with a video of the incident emerging on social media. The...

Maritime Academy Graduate Found Dead in Her Cabin

A recent maritime academy graduate was found dead in her cabin aboard the Argentine product tanker Punta Medanos last week, and prosecutors in Mar del Plata are...

Sea Kidnappings Rise in 2016 Despite Plummeting Global Piracy

More crew were kidnapped at sea in 2016 than in any of the previous 10 years, despite global piracy reaching its lowest levels since...

U.S. EPA Issues New Guidance Document for ECA Compliance

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a new bulletin on compliance with the North American and U.S. Caribbean Sea Emission Control Areas...

Halcrow Looks Back on Intrepid Sailing Adventure Onboard Beloved Elsi Arrub

Ten years have passed since Andrew Halcrow was plucked from his trusted home-made vessel, Elsi Arrub, after suffering serious health problems during his first...

BBC Worldwide Launches Cruise Ship Channel

BBC Worldwide is launching a new global entertainment channel for the cruise ship market. BBC HD will go live through Global Eagle Entertainment’s (GEE) MTN...